Flight Training: Taking the Short Approach

This book makes the ideal first read for anyone who intends to start flight
training; it should be considered "Flight Training 101."

"Taking the Short Approach" was written as an aviation primer and provides an
introduction to the whole flight training process. As freshman rely on seniors
to learn the ropes, readers will find themselves turning time and time again to
David Diamond's guidance and recommendations.

Starting with a look at what's involved in the initial decision to take
flight lessons, Flight Training: Taking the Short Approach is a comprehensive
orientation to flight training that tackles the subject of aviation training
from the perspective of discovery rather than syllabus. Aviation is a circular
subject that has no perfect point of entry when taught. There is no aspect of
aviation that doesn't require at least some understanding of another aviation
topic. Short Approach does away with the traditional topic-by-topic approach to
aviation instruction, instead allowing the reader to fall into the subject right
from the start, helped along by the author's conversational style and friendly
humor in sharing his experiences.

Diamond does not assume any aviation knowledge on the part of the reader. His
book is the ideal handbook for student pilots, covering such topics as why
people fly, the process of learning to fly — including money matters, health
requirements, time commitments, school and instructor options, and the tests
involved — and the privileges and limitations associated with a pilot
certificate. From there, the author dispels frequent concerns of learning to
fly, such as the realities of engine failures, midair collisions, and weather.
The airplane is covered with an orientation to the controls and instrumentation,
and showing which maneuvers students will be flying throughout the pilot
curriculum. The book concludes by discussing which gizmos can help with
training, which can hurt the learning process, and which are necessary if not
only for the "cool" factor.

Since the author is also an accomplished illustrator, the text is accompanied
by some of the best full-color and 3D graphics found in any aviation textbook —
readers will have a solid "mind's eye view" of the flight training process. As a
result, they will enter their flight training program completely prepared,
knowing exactly what needs to happen to get their license, understanding what to
expect and able to make the right decisions, so no time is wasted at the airport
or in the airplane… "Taking the short approach to flight training."

Softcover, fully illustrated in color, 292 pages.

What readers are saying about this book:

David Diamond has not just the Write stuff, but he's a foremost expert at
3D illustration--a powerful and rare combination when it comes to aviation
instruction. —Thomas Haines, Executive Editor, AOPA

Like all pilots that I know, I have read parts or all of numerous books on
the subject of flight instruction, and this is clearly the best that is on the
market in every respect. This is the first publication to provide the
prospective or current student pilot a true, "real world" perspective of what
learning to fly is really all about. I like the intuitive approach to the
overall framework of the book, and this combined with the crystal clear
explanations of at times difficult concepts and literally the best illustrations
and diagrams that I have ever seen, serves to set this work apart from all
others. Indeed, I think that history will confirm my belief that this book will
set a new standard in the field. —Dr. Kenny Reed, Flight Instructor and L-39
pilot

I'm a good pilot and I thought I had good instruction. But this book
contains a lot of stuff I simply hadn't learned! This is the way it ought to
have been taught all along. Makes me wish I didn't have this day job, so I could
fly more often! —Roger O'Donnell, keyboardist for The Cure, and private
pilot

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Flight Training: Taking the Short Approach

Flight Training: Taking the Short Approach Overview:

This book makes the ideal first read for anyone who intends to start flight
training; it should be considered "Flight Training 101."

"Taking the Short Approach" was written as an aviation primer and provides an
introduction to the whole flight training process. As freshman rely on seniors
to learn the ropes, readers will find themselves turning time and time again to
David Diamond's guidance and recommendations.

Starting with a look at what's involved in the initial decision to take
flight lessons, Flight Training: Taking the Short Approach is a comprehensive
orientation to flight training that tackles the subject of aviation training
from the perspective of discovery rather than syllabus. Aviation is a circular
subject that has no perfect point of entry when taught. There is no aspect of
aviation that doesn't require at least some understanding of another aviation
topic. Short Approach does away with the traditional topic-by-topic approach to
aviation instruction, instead allowing the reader to fall into the subject right
from the start, helped along by the author's conversational style and friendly
humor in sharing his experiences.

Diamond does not assume any aviation knowledge on the part of the reader. His
book is the ideal handbook for student pilots, covering such topics as why
people fly, the process of learning to fly — including money matters, health
requirements, time commitments, school and instructor options, and the tests
involved — and the privileges and limitations associated with a pilot
certificate. From there, the author dispels frequent concerns of learning to
fly, such as the realities of engine failures, midair collisions, and weather.
The airplane is covered with an orientation to the controls and instrumentation,
and showing which maneuvers students will be flying throughout the pilot
curriculum. The book concludes by discussing which gizmos can help with
training, which can hurt the learning process, and which are necessary if not
only for the "cool" factor.

Since the author is also an accomplished illustrator, the text is accompanied
by some of the best full-color and 3D graphics found in any aviation textbook —
readers will have a solid "mind's eye view" of the flight training process. As a
result, they will enter their flight training program completely prepared,
knowing exactly what needs to happen to get their license, understanding what to
expect and able to make the right decisions, so no time is wasted at the airport
or in the airplane… "Taking the short approach to flight training."

Softcover, fully illustrated in color, 292 pages.

What readers are saying about this book:

David Diamond has not just the Write stuff, but he's a foremost expert at
3D illustration--a powerful and rare combination when it comes to aviation
instruction. —Thomas Haines, Executive Editor, AOPA

Like all pilots that I know, I have read parts or all of numerous books on
the subject of flight instruction, and this is clearly the best that is on the
market in every respect. This is the first publication to provide the
prospective or current student pilot a true, "real world" perspective of what
learning to fly is really all about. I like the intuitive approach to the
overall framework of the book, and this combined with the crystal clear
explanations of at times difficult concepts and literally the best illustrations
and diagrams that I have ever seen, serves to set this work apart from all
others. Indeed, I think that history will confirm my belief that this book will
set a new standard in the field. —Dr. Kenny Reed, Flight Instructor and L-39
pilot

I'm a good pilot and I thought I had good instruction. But this book
contains a lot of stuff I simply hadn't learned! This is the way it ought to
have been taught all along. Makes me wish I didn't have this day job, so I could
fly more often! —Roger O'Donnell, keyboardist for The Cure, and private
pilot